Packing for journal-boxes.



R. J. EVANS. PACKING FOB. JOURNAL BOXES.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. s, 1911.

L44$836 Mtenteol Nov. 19, 1912.

tlNIEU STATES PATENT UFItIfiE.

RICHARD J. EVANS, 0F FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T0 FRANKLIN MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA,

SYL VAN IA.

A CORPORATION OF PENN- PACKING FOR JOURNAL-BOXES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed March 6, 1911.

Patented Nov. in, 1912. Serial No. 612,628.

"b all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD J. EVANS, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Franklin, in the county of Venang'o and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Packing for Journaldioxcs, of which the following is a specification.

My intention relates to a packing material for journal boxes, and has for its object to provide a new and improved lubricating packing which is practically i1 iii-combustible or heat resist-ing, is elastic, absorbent and will effectually keep the axle cold, while at the same time acting as an ellicient and prompt conductor of the lubricant to the surface to be oiled. I accomplish these ends by a packing consisting of woolen carpet threads, Louisiana moss or vegetable fiber and asbestos.

In the figure of the drawing a represents the carpet yarn threads, Z) the asbestos, and c the moss or vegetable fiber.

The important and absolutely necessary features of a journal box packing are to provide a conductor whereby the lubricant may be promptly and continuously conducted to the journal, and means whereby such lubricant conductor may be held continuously against the surfaces to be lubricated, in combination with material which renders the packing very absorbent.

In the packing herein described and claimed. the asbestos fiber imparts to the packing great absorbent qualities and act-s as a cooling medium to the journal; the moss or vegetable fiber keeps the packing alive 1 varied Without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

1 claim 1. A packing for journal boxes comprising asbestos, vegetable fiber, and carpet yarn, intermingled or mixed together in the proportions of about 15 per cent. asbestos, 20 per cent. vegetable fiber and 65 per cent. carpet yarn, and retained in a loose substantially non-compressed condition.

2. A packing for journal boxes, comprising asbestos, Louisiana moss fiber, and carpet yarn, intermingled or mixed together and retained in a loose substantially noncompressed condition.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD J. EVANS.

Witnesses ELMER C. DAVIS, WM. S. TAFT. 

